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The late medieval French Celestines and their world : impetus, institutions, and influence
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| Rok publikování | 2024 |
| Druh | Vyžádané přednášky |
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| Popis | The paper examines the remarkable rise and cultural reach of the Celestine monks, in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century France. The Celestines, an austere Benedictine reform of mid-thirteenth century Italian origin, have often been presented as something of a footnote in monastic history. Their importance, however, runs far beyond their association with their famous founder, the hermit Pietro da Morrone (d. 1296), who became pope Celestine V in 1294 and resigned the office later the same year. Their French arm in particular, which became an independent congregation in 1380, represents an intriguing example of the possibilities of late medieval monastic activism. In comparison to other Benedictine congregations active in late medieval France, they stand out not only for building new houses – 17 were successfully completed between 1300 and 1450, including in Paris – but also in their reformist energy. As a very early example of an enclosed monastic congregation taking up the rigorist banner of “regular observance” (observantia regularis), the development of the French Celestines provides important reflections on the ideological origins and institutional charisma of late medieval “Observant” monastic reform. Their story, however, is also one of both significant cultural outreach and highly receptive external audiences, keen not only to support but also to draw influence from them. The impact of the French Celestines was felt by religious of other orders, upwardly mobile townspeople, as well as significant portions of the political and intellectual elite: the Valois and Lancastrian monarchies, the Avignonese papacy and Jean Gerson are all present within this wider cast. |